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Originally Posted by old-fart
If Edler (or anyone else) said that then they are, frankly, a moron.
Why did they sign a discounted deal? Because they hate money? Because they wanted the publicity of being seen as a good guy? Because it was all the team was offering and they really really wanted to play there?
The team got you, in theory, for less than you are worth allowing them to (one or more):
a) Save money and make more profit (or less loss) - team advantage
b) Save on the cap and use that space to sign other players - team advantage
c) Get an asset they could later leverage easier in a trade - team advantage
In every and all cases a "discounted deal" is in the team's advantage. To suggest you are now crying because the team will use that to their advantage is stupid. Edler would be well within his rights to deny a trade to any team he wants to within the provisions of his NTC, but don't try and suggest you didn't sign the discounted deal for the team to gain some advantage.
Idiot.
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I hate to defend a Canuck, but this is taking the statement out of context entirely.
When a player signs a discounted deal, it's a compromise where the player will give up cold hard cash in favour of term, no-trade/no-move clauses, etc. The team gets an advantage in cap room and real dollars saved, and the players an advantage in the form of deciding where they get to play, and some peace of mind that they'll be there for a long time.
In the proper context, he's lamenting the team attempting to use the deal they negotiated to their advantage and
to his detriment, which is completely reasonable.
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